The War on Christmas: Alan Sailer's high-speed photos of exploding toys

The latest pictures by high-speed photography fanatic Alan Sailer show him
blowing up children's toys with firecrackers. In this image, an apple
explodes on a doll's head. To blow up the objects Alan uses a firecracker
modified so that it can be fired using an electrical signal. He then has to
synchronise the opening of the camera shutter with the explosion...